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| RNZAF pilot Squadron Leader W.R. KOEFED | David,
Further to your story on W/C Kofoed and 'his' Zero.
Operations Record Book Form A.50
No.5 Squadron, R.A.A.F.
Summary of Events.
Bougainville September 15 (1945)
Great excitement to-day when a Zeke was flown from KARA strip to PIVA NORTH by Wing Commander KOFORD[sic] (RNZAF). In the morning F/O L.JOHNSON and F/O J.ELLIS took Wirraways (A20-) 502 and (A20-) 655 to KARA with W/CMDR KOFORD and S/LDR KINGSFORD (both RNZAF) as passengers. They worked on the Zero and got it fit to fly, and in the afternoon the three aeroplanes were flown to PIVA NORTH. Crowds of Army , Navy and Air Force personnel visited the strip to examine the Japanese fighter aircraft.
UNIT HISTORY SHEET APPENDIX D Form A.51
DETAIL OF OPERATIONS 5 SQDN DET. TADJI
A20-502 F/O JOHNSON 0930-1040 15-9-45 PIVA-KARA-PIVA
A20-655 F/O ELLIS 0930-1050 15-9-45 PIVA-KARA-PIVA
See: NAA: A9186 13 - RAAF Unit History (Form A50) [Operations Record Book - Forms A50 and A51] Number 5 Squadron Jan 41 - Feb 46. pp.822 & 832 of 889.
Col. ....Read More. | COL BRUGGY on 3rd July 2009 09:53:10 |
| P/O C C Goldsmith RAAF | Hello David,
Afraid l haven't been able to add much since we last discussed this one:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?8371-Wellington-IC-HX778
Some incidental info on the two AUSSIES:
I know that AUS411309 P/O Charles Cecil GOLDSMITH RAAF, had a twin brother who also served in the RAAF during WWII; AUS406177 W/O Ansell James GOLDSMITH RAAF. He did not serve in Europe or the ME. Prior to enlistment, Charles GOLDSMITH worked in the offices of the Riverstone Meat Company (New South Wales), and married prior to embarking.
The younger brother of AUS409849 Arthur Glenfell McTIER RAAF, AUS428344 F/O Ronald McTIER RAAF, was killed in a ground accident at Mareeba, Queensland on 6-11-1944. A landing Wirraway (A20-517), collided with the tail of a Vengeance (A27-1). P/O R McTIER RAAF, and AUS422019 W/O Norman John BURNS RAAF (of No.5 Comm. Unit, RAAF), who were standing near the Vengeance, were both killed instantly.
and...
http://www.rquirk.com/wargraves/4SFTS/course58raaffates.html
Scroll down to F/O Arthur G McTier 409849 RAAF.
Still quite a bit of work to be done here !
Col. ....Read More. | COL BRUGGY on 3rd February 2013 08:42:48 |
| 1939 Unaccounted Airmen Database Reconciliation | Corporal Harold William JOHNSON (1727) 1939-09-05
Flying Officer Arnold Victor DOLPHIN () 1939-09-05
Australia Adelaide River War Cemetery
The Inverell Times (NSW : 1899 - 1954)
iew title info
/ Wed 6 Sep 1939
AIRCRAFT FATALITY
Two Killed
SYDNEY. Wednesday.
As a result of an aircraft accident at
Darwin yesterday, Plying Officer Arnold Victor Dolphin and Corporal Harold William Johnson were fatally injured.
This is the only information released by the Air Board, which announced the tragedy officially.
Other news reports confirm aircraft was a Wirraway
A20-5
[url]https://www.ozatwar.com/nt11.htm[/url] ....Read More. | paulmcmillan on 3rd December 2018 08:23:11 |
| 1940 Unaccounted Airmen Database Reconciliation | In November 1940 Bert Lenne was in Townsville for further training. On 29 November he was the pilot of Wirraway Aircraft A20-53 on a training run. His plane and two other aircraft were flying in open formation from Townsville to Evans Head. Five miles south of St Lawrence, Lenne's aircraft was missed by the rest of the formation.
A search revealed the aircraft had crashed near St Lawrence. It appeared that Lenne had had to make an emergency landing on a clay pan, but had overshot the smooth surface and hit some nearby trees. Both Lenne and his observer were badly burned by the crash.
Lenne was taken to the Mackay Hospital for treatment for his badly burned legs. On 19 December, twenty days after the accident, he succumbed to his wounds and died in hospital. He was twenty years old.E .
On landing, the aircraft caught fire injuring both P/O H A Lenne and his observer Sgt G H Ellis. Cause* ....Read More. | paulmcmillan on 11th December 2018 04:17:48 |
| 390905 - Unaccounted Airmen - 05-09-1939 | Hello,
390905 - Unaccounted Airmen - 05-09-1939
From Henk's List -
UK
CAVANAGH, James Healy(Canadian) - Pupil Pilot - RAF.
HADLEY, John Whitford - Pupil Pilot - RAF.
Both airmen rest in the Calne ( Holy Trinity ) Churchyard, Wiltshire.
From CWGC -
AUSTRALIA
DOLPHIN, Arnold Victor - F/O - RAAF.
JOHNSON, Harold William - Cpl - 1727 - RAAF.
Both airmen rest in the Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory, Australia.
[ Wirraway - A20-5 - 12 Sqn RAAF ].
CANADA
PLAYFAIR, Anthony( Canadian) - P/O(Pilot) - 39679 - RAF - 7 Sqn
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald ) Churchyard, Nottinghamshire.
[ Hampden I - L4161 - 7 Sqn ].
SOUTH AFRICA
TYLER, Derrick - 2Lt. - P/3434 - SAAF.
Cape Town ( Plumstead ) Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa.
[ Hurricane I - L1875 /275 - 6 Sqn SAAF ].
UK
HESLOP, Alexander Oliver - Sgt - 566050 - RAF - 9 Sqn.
SHEFFIELD, Geoffrey - AC1c - 552231 - RAF - 206 Sqn
QUILTER, John - Lac - 524808 - RAF - 206 Sqn.
These three airmen all are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
[ Anson I - K6183 - 206 Sqn ].
Alex ....Read More. | Alex Smart on 25th October 2019 03:51:36 |
| 1942 Unaccounted Airmen Database Reconciliation | Jagan
Do these get you over the 90%
Aircraftman 1st Class Francis William TIPPETT (40495) RAAF 1942-02-12 Australia Bundaberg General Cemetery
Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 - 1954) Sun 15 Feb 1942 Page 3 AIRMAN RESCUER DROWNED
Aircraftman Francis William
Tippet. 21. single, of Geelong
attached to the Bundaberg Air
Force Station, was drowned when
a boat which was going to therescue of a family struck a sub
merged fence at midnight and sank
in a raging torrent.
The tragedy occurred near Hanbury Street, and the body was re
covered in a canefield half a mile,
away, almost covered by sand, after the flood waters had subsided.
All others in boat were rescued
Flying Officer Edward James ROWAN (407009) RAAF 1942-02-19 Australia Sydney Memorial
[url]http://www.adf-serials.com/2a2.htm[/url]
Walrus I L2327 struck the side of HMAS AUSTRALIA
Dies in Accident
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Rowan, of
South road. Ashford, have been
informed that their son. Flying
Officer Edward James Rowan, lost
his life at sea
following an'
aircraft accident on February 19.
Flying Officer: Rowan
joined the first
Empire Air
trainees in
April, 1940,
and gained his
wings in October. He was
promoted to
flying officer in
February. 1941.
and transferred
for duty with
the Navy.
Born in 1921. he attended Richmond Public and Adelaide High
Schools. and before joining the
Royal Australian Air Force was employed by Julius Cohn & Co.
Aircraftman 1st Class Douglas Bruce PENGELLY (43685) RAAF 1942-02-26 Australia Bundaberg General Cemetery
Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1961) Wed 4 Mar 1942 Page 4 FATAL ACCIDENTS
DIED FROM INJURIES
While walking along the Richmond-road in the direction of Wind
sor on Thursday evening of last
week, Douglas Bruce Pengelly. of
Windsor, was fatally injured when
struck by a fire engine travelling
along the road in the same direction.
NOTE: NOT ON CWGC?? Did he actually Die ??
Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1961) Wed 4 Mar 1942 Page 4 FATAL ACCIDENTS
AIRMAN SHOT
An R.A.A.F. air gunner, Leading
Aircraftsman Herbert John Lister,
aged 23, who had a number of
friends in this district, was seriously injured on Thursday of last
week (27th Feb 1942), when he was accidentally
fired upon by a sentry at an Air
Force Station, and later succumbed
to his injuries.
The bullet penetrated his chest
and emerged under the shoulder
blade, narrowly missing the heart
and lungs.
The sentry was sharing guard
duty with Leading Aircraftsman
Lister when the accident occurred.
The two men were the best of
friends. . ,
Lister left his companion to get' a
drink of water, and returned riding
on the outside of a lorry. At that
moment the sentry raised his rifle
partly to his shoulder, there was. a
report, and Lister fell to the ground.
He was admitted to an R.A.A.F.
service hospital.
Aircraftman 1st Class Stewart William EDSON (47538) RAAF 1942-02-27 Australia Port Pirie General Cemetery
Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919 - 1954) Mon 2 ....Read More. | paulmcmillan on 30th December 2019 06:04:19 |
